EXCLUSIVE: Greenwich Entertainment has acquired North American distribution rights to Went Up The Hill directed by Samuel Van Grinsven (Sequin in a Blue Room). 

The POP Film and Causeway Films production stars Vicky Krieps (Phantom Thread) and Dacre Montgomery (Stranger Things). 

Pic had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival and Greenwich will release the film in theaters next summer.

The synopsis reads: “Abandoned as a child, Jack (Dacre Montgomery) travels to remote New Zealand to attend the funeral of his estranged mother Elizabeth. There he meets her widow, Jill (Vicky Krieps), who has questions of her own.  Over the nights that follow, Elizabeth returns and possesses Jack and Jill, using each of their bodies to speak to the other.  Caught in a life-threatening nocturnal dance, Jack and Jill must find a way to relinquish Elizabeth’s hold before she pushes them to the edge.”

The psychological drama inspired by writer/director Samuel Van Grinsven’s memories of his childhood in New Zealand’s South Island.

Went Up The Hill was produced by Vicky Pope, Samantha Jennings, and Kristina Ceyton with principal production investment from the New Zealand Film Commission and Screen Australia, and support from Screen CanterburyNZ, Create NSW, Spectrum Films, Stage 23, RM Sound, Head Gear Films, Vendetta Films, Fulcrum Media Finance and the New Zealand Government’s Screen Production Grant.

Greenwich’s Andy Bohn negotiated the acquisition with CAA Media Finance and Bankside Films on behalf of the filmmakers. 

Grinsven said: “Following our beautiful launch in Toronto, it’s a thrill that Greenwich will now bring Went Up The Hill to cinemas. I cannot wait for U.S. audiences to see both Vicky and Dacre’s haunting performances in these truly unique roles.”